- Title: Vigil held in Kansas to honor victims of bar shooting
- Date: 25th February 2017
- Summary: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (FEBRUARY 25, 2017) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI- NO ACCESS ARD/BBC) TWO ENLARGED PHOTOS OF KANSAS SHOOTING VICTIM SRINIVAS KUCHIBHOTLA NEAR SIGNS WHICH READ: 'WE DO NOT SUPPORT POLITICS OF HATE' CLOSER SHOT OF ENGLARGED PHOTO OF KUCHIBHOTLA NEAR SIGN WOMEN SEATED WITH SIGNS AND CANDLES FOR PRAYER VIGIL CLOSE SHOT OF CANDLES IN FRONT OF KUCHIBHOTLA'S SIGN WIDE SHOT OF KUCHIBHOTLA'S SIGN
- Embargoed: 11th March 2017 17:18
- Keywords: Ian Grillot Alok Madasani Srinivas Kuchibhotla shooting bar Indian India Kansas
- Location: OLATHE, KANSAS,UNITED STATES; KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
- City: OLATHE, KANSAS,UNITED STATES; KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
- Country: USA
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA002650PQ2V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Residents of the Kansas community where three people were shot in what authorities suspect was a possible hate crime, gathered to honor the victims on Friday (February 24).
Singing Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" and holding candles, the group of more than a hundred people gathered at the First Baptist Church.
Adam Purinton, 51, a white U.S. Navy veteran has been charged with killing an engineer from India and wounding two other men when he opened fire at Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas in what federal authorities were investigating on Friday as a possible hate crime that shocked the victim's home country.
Purinton is accused of killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and wounding Alok Madasani, also 32, in Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, on Wednesday evening, police said. At least one bystander told the Kansas City Star the gunman shouted "get out of my country" before shooting the Indian victims.
Purinton is also accused of wounding American Ian Grillot, 24, who was shot as he tried to intervene.
The shooting on Wednesday (February 22) night led news bulletins in India and triggered outrage on social media, where people voiced concern that U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" position on immigration and jobs has fueled a climate of intolerance.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was looking at whether it was a hate crime, the official term for crimes motivated by bias or prejudice.
In India, locals gathered for a vigil honoring Kuchibhotla. Many held candles and signs reading "We do not support politics of hate." - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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